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SBRC General Manager of Financial and Information Services Gary Wall, Deputy Mayor Cr Keith Campbell, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann and Council CEO Ken McLoughlin start Budget planning today\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 18, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council has no choice but to increase rates, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann<\/strong> warned today.<\/p>\n

He was speaking after councillors sat down with senior staff this morning to begin work on formulating the 2012-13 Council Budget.<\/p>\n

“Council must deliver better services, including roads, streetscapes and water, and this will cost money,” Cr Kratzmann said.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately due to reduced subsidies from the Federal and State Governments as well as the Carbon Tax, Council is left with no choice but to increase rates.”<\/p>\n

He said the size of the rise had not yet been decided but the Budget would be framed with a surplus in mind.<\/p>\n

The new Council would not shy away from the tough decisions.<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor Cr Keith Campbell<\/strong>, who is Council’s newly appointed Finance Portfolio spokesman, agreed.<\/p>\n

“Councils are required to make decisions to ensure their financial sustainability under legislation. This leaves Council with limited options,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Despite the rate and services increase the Budget will include the biggest-ever spend on capital works with record road spending and with works to commence immediately after the Budget is adopted on June 26.”<\/p>\n

Cr Kratzmann said formulating the Budget was a complex process and the council team was “working around the clock to totally comprehend all of the issues”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The South Burnett Regional Council has no choice but to increase rates, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann warned today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMayor Warns: Rates WILL Rise - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/05\/18\/mayor-warns-rates-will-rise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor Warns: Rates WILL Rise - southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The South Burnett Regional Council has no choice but to increase rates, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann warned today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/05\/18\/mayor-warns-rates-will-rise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"southburnett.com.au\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-18T12:40:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-01T04:11:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/20120518roundtable.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dafyd Martindale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dafyd Martindale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/05\/18\/mayor-warns-rates-will-rise\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/05\/18\/mayor-warns-rates-will-rise\/\",\"name\":\"Mayor Warns: Rates WILL Rise - 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